scorpion

See also Scorpion

English

Wikipedia

A Black Scorpion

Alternative forms

• skorpion

Etymology

From Old French scorpion, from Latin scorpio, ultimately from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpios).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskɔːpɪən/

Noun

scorpion (plural scorpions)

1. Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a poisonous sting in the end.
2. An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.

Translations

any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones

• Afrikaans: skerpioen (af)
• Albanian: akrep (sq)
• Arabic: عقرب (ar) (3áqrab) m
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܥܩܪܒܐ (‘eqarbā, ‘eqarbo) f

• Guaraní: japeusa (gn)
• Gujarati: વીંછી (gu) (veechee)

  Hebrew: עקרבא (‘eqarbā, ‘eqarbo) f

• Armenian: կարիճ (hy) (karič̣)
• Asturian: allacrán (ast) m, escorpión (ast) m
• Aymara: ajarankhu (ay)
• Azeri: əqrəb (az)
• Baluchi: زیم (zím), زوم
• Belarusian: скарпіён (be) (skarpijón) m
• Bengali: বিছা (bn) (bichA)
• Bosnian: škorpija f, škorpion m
• Catalan: escorpí m
• Chamicuro: ajkolo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蝎子 (cmn) (xiēzi)

• Czech: štír (cs)
• Danish: skorpion (da) c
• Darkinjung: dhurauiñ
• Dutch: schorpioen (nl) m
• Esperanto: skorpio (eo)
• Faroese: sporðdreki (fo) m, skorpión (fo) f
• Filipino: alakdan
• Finnish: skorpioni (fi)
• French: scorpion (fr) m

  Old French: escorpion m

• Galician: escorpión (gl) m
• Georgian: მორიელი (ka) (morieli)
• German: Skorpion (de) m
• Greek: σκορπιός (el) (skorpiós) m

  Ancient: σκορπίος (skorpíos) m

• Hebrew: עקרב (he) (akráv) m
• Hindi: बिच्छू (hi) (bicchū) m, बिच्छी (hi) (bichī) f
• Hungarian: skorpió (hu)
• Icelandic: sporðdreki (is) m
• Indonesian: kalajengking (id)
• Isthmus Zapotec: ngolaxiñe

• Italian: scorpione (it)
• Japanese: 蠍 (ja) (さそり, sasori), 蝎 (ja) (さそり, sasori), サソリ (ja) (sasori)
• Korean: 전갈 (ko) (jeongal)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دوپشک

• Latin: scorpio (la) m
• Lithuanian: skorpionas (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Skorpioun (lb) m
• Macedonian: шкорпија (mk) (šкórpija) f, акреп (mk) (ákrep) m (archaic)
• Malagasy: hefy (mg)
• Maltese: skorpjun (mt) m
• Marathi: विंचू (vinčū)
• Mongolian: хилэнцэт хорхой (xilencet xorxoi)
• Nahuatl: colōtl
• Navajo: séigoʼ
• Norwegian: skorpion (no) m
• Old Norse: sporðdreki m, skorpíónn m
• Pashto: لړم (ps) (laṛám) m
• Persian: عقرب (fa) ('aqrab)
• Polish: skorpion (pl) m
• Portuguese: escorpião (pt) m, lacrau (pt) m
• Romanian: scorpion (ro) m
• Russian: скорпион (ru) (skorpión) m
• Sanskrit: वृश्चिक (sa) (vṛścika) m
• Slovak: škorpión m
• Slovene: škorpijon (sl) m
• Spanish: escorpión (es) m, alacrán (es) m
• Swahili: nge (noun 9/10)
• Tamil: தேள் (tēḷ)
• Telugu: తేలు (te) (taelu), వృశ్చికము (te)
• Thai: แมงป่อง (th) (maeng bpòng), พฤศจิก (th) (prítjìk)
• Turkish: akrep (tr)
• Ukrainian: скорпіон (uk) (skorpion) m
• Urdu: بچھو (ur) (bicchū) m
• Vietnamese: bò cạp (vi)
• Wolof: jiit ji (wo)

See also

• arachnid
• Scorpio
• Wikipedia article on scorpions

Derived terms

• scorpionate
• scorpion kick
• scorpionlike

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Pronunciation

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Noun

scorpion m (plural scorpions)

1. scorpion

Anagrams

• picorons

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French scorpion, from Latin scorpio, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpios).

Noun

scorpion m (plural scorpions)

1. mole cricket

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Romanian

Etymology

French scorpion

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skorˈpjon/

Noun

scorpion m (plural scorpioni)

1. scorpion

Declension

declension of scorpion

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un scorpion	scorpionul	niște scorpioni	scorpionii
genitive/dative	unui scorpion	scorpionului	unor scorpioni	scorpionilor